Check out the areas near you which could be considered for new homes

Submitted sites in Dunstable and surrounding villages could be considered for development.

The sites have been revealed following a call from Central Beds Council for agents, landowners and developers to suggest sites for housing, employment and gipsy/traveller sites.

In Dunstable 11 sites have been put forward including part of the Meadway allotments.

In Eaton Bray 12 sites have been included but there are no sites submitted for Whipsnade.

A full list of sites that could be developed to meet the future need for homes , jobs and travellers’ sites has been published on Central Bedfordshire Council’s website last week.

This land had been submitted as part of the authority’s Call for Sites, which ran from February April 2016 as the first step of the Local Plan process.

The full 830-site list, has been published online at www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/call-for-sites.

All of the proposals will be considered, however, the council has received many more submissions than they require to meet housing need up until 2035 and not all sites will be suitable for development.

Only an estimated 4-6 per cent of the total land that has been submitted will need to be allocated to deliver the new homes that are needed.

No evaluation of sites will take place until the criteria for assessment have been consulted on with the public, from 30 June until 29 July.

Cllr Nigel Young, Executive Member for Regeneration, said: “The Local Plan sets out locations for jobs and houses over the next 20 years. We do need to build more homes, but we must do this in a sustainable way, ensuring that new developments have the necessary roads, schools, jobs, health centres, leisure and retail provision.

“A large amount of sites have been submitted but we will not be allocating them all – in fact, I would like to assure residents that only a very small percentage of the submitted land will be allocated and absolutely no decisions have been made this stage.

“We will draw up a shortlist of sites that are suitable for development by December and there will be plenty of opportunity to comment.

“We will publish a draft plan by the end of the year and more information on this process is available on www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/call-for-sites.

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